Neural inputs of the hypothalamic "aggression area" in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-20

  Toth, Mate ^a   Fuzesi, Tamas ^a   Halasz, Jozsef ^a,b   Tulogdi, Aron ^a   Haller, Jozsef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Vadaskert Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Afferent connections; Aggression; Hypothalamic attack area; Hypothalamus; Retrograde tracer

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBICULUM; TELENCEPHALON; WISTAR RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTUM OF BRAIN;

EID: 77955847462     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.050     Document Type: Article

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